WEBVTT RANDICHARLES: A HOUSE FIRE INMETAIRIE.RANDI: KELLIE BROWN JOINS USLIVE.WHAT DO WE KNOW?REPORTER: GOOD MORNING.THAT'S RIGHT.WE ARE HERE IN THE 4800 BLOCK OFTAFT STREET N METAIRIE, JUSTNEAR 3RD STREET.I'M GOING TO STEP OUT SO YOU CANTAKE A LOOK.FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL ON THESCENE.THEY SAY THEY RESPONDED TO ACALL OF A TWO ALARM FIRE JUSTAFTER 4:00 A.M. THIS MORNING.THIS IS A RESIDENTIALNEIGHBORHOOD, LOTS OF FOLKS AREOUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, OF THE FAMILYWAS INSIDE OF THE HOME WHEN THEFIRE DEPARTMENT GOT HERE.ONE OF THEM WAS A CHILD.FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS HURT.BUT ONCE I GOT HERE,FIREFIGHTERS SAY THE FLAMES WERETHROUGH THE ROOF.ONE UNIT RESPONDED IAND HADTO CALL IN ANOTHER BECAUSE OFTHE SEVERITY.A FIREFIGHTER WAS TAKEN TO THEHOSPITAL WHILE FIGHTINGDISPLAYS.WE ARE TOLD HE SUFFERED FROMEXHAUSTION AND IS BEING TREATEDAT THE HALF THE-- AT THEHOSPITAL.NEIGHBORS SAY THEY HEARDLIGHTNING LAST NIGHT AROUND 9:00P.M.THEY SAY THERE'S IS ALL DUE TOTHAT LIGHTNING, THAT LIGHTNINGSPARKED THE FIRE.I AM HERE WITH A NEIGHBOR NOW.WENDI, YOU SAY YOU WERE HERE ASTHE FIRE STARTED.>> I WAS HOME LAST NIGHT ANDTHIS MORNING.LAST NIGHT THERE WAS EXTREMELYLOUD LIGHTNING STRIKES.THAT WAS BETWEEN 7:00 AND 9:00IN THE EVENING.IT SET OFF CAR ALARMS, IT SETOFF CAR ALARMS, AND THEN THEHOMEOWNER WENT UPSTAIRS TO CHECKTHE ATTIC, CHECKS EVERYTHING, ITWAS OBVIOUSLY NOT NOTICED UNTILTHEY WENT TO BED.THE NEIGHBORS ON THE OTHER SIDEACTUALLY THIS MORNING SAW FIRECOMING FROM THE ROOF.THEY'D BE ON THE DOOR TO GETTHEM OUT.THEY HAD TO WAKE THEM UP TO GETTHEM OUT OF THE HOUSE.LUCKILY THEY DID GET EVERYONEOUT OF THE HOUSE IN ONE PIECE.REPORTER: FORTUNATELY THIS IS AGOOD SITUATION SO FAR.YOU HAVE TALKED TO THEHOMEOWNERS -- ARE THEY SHAKENUP?HOW ARE THEY DOING?>> YES, MA'AM.I BELIEVE THEY ARE IN SHOCK.YOU WATCH YOUR HOME, AND YOUCAN'T GO DOWN -- YOU ARECONFUSED AND IN SHOCK.IT'S NORMAL EMOTIONS.THEY'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH THAT,AND LUCKILY THEY HAVE THEIR DOG,SO THEY HAVE SOME COMFORT.REPORTER: THANK YOU.THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS STILL ONTHE SCENE HERE.SO FAR, NO OTHER HOMES WEREEVACUATED AS A RESULT OF THISHIGHER.IT HAS BEEN PUT OUT AND IS UNDERCONTROL, AND THAT FIREFIGHTER ISBEING TREATED FOR DEHYDRATION AT

Lightning might be to blame for a house fire early Monday in Metairie.

Jefferson Parish firefighters said the blaze was reported before 4:30 a.m. in the 4800 block of Taft Street.

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WDSU reporter Kellie Brown said firefighters found flames coming through the roof. Additional crews were called in to help contain the two-alarm fire.

Officials said one firefighter was taken to a hospital for treatment of heat exhaustion. No other injuries were reported and no other homes were affected.

Neighbors said lightning from storms Sunday evening into Monday might have started the fire. A neighbor said lightning might have struck the attic and the fire might have started while the family was asleep.

The neighbor said the family was awakened by a next-door neighbor.

Additional details were not released.

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